lisse

American  

[lees] / lis /

noun

1. a fine, filmy, lightly crinkled gauze fabric used in strips for making ruching or for finishing garments.

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Etymology

Origin of lisse

1850–55; < French ( crêpe ) lisse smooth (crepe), derivative of lisser to smooth, polish, Old French lischier, licier < Medieval Latin lixāre to leach, derivative of Late Latin lixa lye; cf. lixivium

Example Sentences

The event closed out with a corde lisse involving a bicycle that was dangling from the ceiling.

From The Verge • May 13, 2015

For be reson I wolde wene That if I herde of thinges strange, Yit for a time it scholde change Mi peine, and lisse me somdiel.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

On account of the limitations of the human arm in reaching, the low warp tapestry requires more seams than does that made on the "haute lisse" loom, the pieces being individually smaller.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs

Paille de riz, fine Florence straw, gauze, tulle, crape, and crêpe lisse, are all fashionable; silk, also, but it is not much in request.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

The snowy lisse crape cap, made after the strait Quaker pattern,—the plain white muslin handkerchief, lying in placid folds across her bosom,—the drab shawl and dress,—showed at once the community to which she belonged.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher